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  • Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
    2030 Bainer Hall
    Davis, CA 95616
    Tel: (530) 752-0102
    Fax: (530) 752-2640
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  • 250 Mrak Hall
    One Shields Avenue
    Davis, CA 95616

    Phone: (530) 752-0650
    Fax: (530) 752-6222
Biological Systems Engineering

Application Deadline

  • 2013 ADMISSION
  • Priority: Jan. 15
  • Final: May 31

    2013 FELLOWSHIP
  • Prospective Student Fellowship: Jan. 15
  • Continuing Student Fellowship: Dec. 1

Degrees Offered

  • BS/MS Integrated Degree
  • D.Engr.
  • M.Engr.
  • M.S. Plan I
  • Ph.D. Plan B

Designated Emphases

Admission Requirements

  • Three letters of recommendation
  • GRE scores

Degree Requirements

Students follow the degree requirements reflecting the year s/he was admitted or the most recent version below.

Administrative Bylaws

Students gain advanced knowledge of the use of engineering to efficiently produce, distribute and process biological products, such as food, feed and fiber, while conserving natural resources, preserving environmental quality, and ensuring the health and safety of people. Students graduate with the qualitative and quantitative skills necessary for professional research and teaching in biological systems engineering.

This is a departmentally-based Graduate Program.

For more information, visit the Biological Systems Engineering website.

Contacts

Program Chair
Raul Piedrahita
(Department Chair)
Biological Systems Engineering (530) 752-2780
Fadi A Fathallah
(Graduate Program Chair)
Biological & Ag Engineering (530) 752-1612
Academic Advisers
Fadi A Fathallah
(Adviser: Primary Contact)
Biological & Ag Engineering 9/1/12 - 8/31/14 (530) 752-1612
Ruihong Zhang
(Adviser: Admissions Only)
Biological Systems Engineering 9/1/12 - 8/31/14 (530) 754-9530
Graduate Program Staff Coordinator
Colin Goulding Biological Systems Engineering (530) 752-1451
Student Affairs Officer (SAO) in the Office of Graduate Studies
Amelia Brown Office of Graduate Studies (530) 752-1473